Master's · Allendale, Michigan
Is Public Health at Grand Valley State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $61,666
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,619
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,810
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $44k (likely $44k – $44k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.9 years (likely 6.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$151k (likely −$229k – −$64k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$23k (likely −$204k – $185k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Grand Valley State University
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$128,108
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$122,497
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First professional)$112,011
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (Master's)$108,615
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,253
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$100,456
- Manufacturing Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,416
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$94,330
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$93,683
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,565
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$90,295
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$82,978
Public Health at other schools in Michigan
- Concordia University Ann Arbor$94,236
- Wayne State University$84,780
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$83,782
- Michigan State University$81,743
- University of Detroit Mercy$73,805
- Oakland University$68,517
- Central Michigan University$61,331
- University of Michigan-Flint$61,233
- Western Michigan University$59,783
- Saginaw Valley State University$57,002